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From: bobr@zeus.TEK.COM (Robert Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,news.groups
Subject: Re: no newuser group is required
Message-ID: <3363@zeus.TEK.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 88 19:52:58 GMT
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Reply-To: bobr@zeus.UUCP (Robert Reed)
Organization: (the now defunct) CAE Systems Division, Tektronix Inc., Beaverton OR
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spencer@spline.eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) writes:

    I beg to differ.  The division of the unix-wizards newsgroup into
    subgroups for exactly this reason has, as far as I know, been quite
    successful.  

Well....  It is true that both comp.unix.wizards and comp.unix.questions can
be considered successful if the criterion is volume.  Both are voluminous
newsgroups.  On the other hand, I find it very difficult to differentiate
the content between them.  You are just as likely to find questions and
answers about a good UN*X text or how to make this driver work on either
newsgroup.

If moderation of a new newsgroup will control the chaff, moderation of the
current group by a knowledgeable, diligent graphics expert could do the
same thing.  Novice questions could be answered directly by mail, the
moderator either sending articles from the archives dealing with the
subject, or composing something of the form "you can find the answer in ...."
Questions for which the moderator has no answer can be passed on into the
newsgroup for consensus.
-- 
Robert Reed, Tektronix CAE Systems Division, bobr@zeus.TEK